[OT] Optimus Prime joins the National Guard

[Aeolius]

There have been times where I considered changing my name to Johan Gambolputty de von Ausfern-schlenden-schplended-schlitter-crasscrenbon-fried-digger-dingle-dangle-dongle-dungle-burstein-von-knacker-thrasher-applebanger-horowitz-ticolensic-grander-knotty-spelltinkle-grandlich-grumblemeyer-spelterwasser-kurstlich-himbleeisen-bahnwagen-gutenabend-bitte-ein-nurnburger-bratwustle-gernspurten-mitz-weimache-luber-hundsfut-gumberaber-shoedanker-kalbsfleisch-mittler-aucher von Haukopft of Ulm ...but then thought better of it.

 

[mistergone]

Hey, more power to Optimus there, I really wish him all the best.

As for the whole idea of "whatever fills the void"... well, yeah, okay, as long as it doesn't hurt anyone... but the idea of some freak insisting on wearing their Star Fleet uniform to jury duty... that hurts me. It hurts my will to live.

 

[Mathew_Freeman]

There have been times where I considered changing my name to Johan Gambolputty de von Ausfern-schlenden-schplended-schlitter-crasscrenbon-fried-digger-dingle-dangle-dongle-dungle-burstein-von-knacker-thrasher-applebanger-horowitz-ticolensic-grander-knotty-spelltinkle-grandlich-grumblemeyer-spelterwasser-kurstlich-himbleeisen-bahnwagen-gutenabend-bitte-ein-nurnburger-bratwustle-gernspurten-mitz-weimache-luber-hundsfut-gumberaber-shoedanker-kalbsfleisch-mittler-aucher von Haukopft of Ulm ...but then thought better of it.

You have just become my own personal hero. I've always loved that sketch...

 

[Illuminae]

So what is the difference between a pop cluture toy and opera?

I have a friend named Valquiria, which is Portuguese for Valkiyre. Her dad was Brasilian and a big opera fan, he loved the Ring cycle opera (Ride of the Valkiyre and all that)

Just to add to this comment, the name Valquíria is very uncommom, but widely known by the people. I believe it was more common in past decades, and we just got used to it.
I knew a Valquíria in high school.

Taking a name from something or somebody you like, or creating one is ok. The problem is about parents who apparently want to make a joke out of their own child. Its been on the news here for many a time a guy named:

Um Dois Três de Oliveira Quatro

Well, Oliveira means olive tree, and it is a very common last name in Brasil. (like obvious meaning names like Stone, Brown or Shoemaker, in the US)

But the rest could be translated as One Two Three de Oliveira Four, if you haven´t guessed yet...



There is one thing that would bother me more than using a name that became popular recently, like Arwen.

Is having a name you like being tied to something stupid.

I´ve always liked the name Ariel (like the mermaid), but a few years ago, in Brasil, a company released a new LAUNDRY DETERGENT name Ariel.

The name is just not available anymore.

WTF!!!!!!!%$&¨%$&¨%$&¨%$&¨%$¨!!!!

 

[med stud]

Exactly! Some people, intolerant of things that seem different, would make fun of someone like that. I say that if it's what you like and you want to share it with the world (and aren't breaking the law and/or hurting people) then more power to you! As Simon Hawke once said, "Intolerance is the true wasteland".

I wouldnt like it very much if someone who hurt me or someone close to me were to be convicted by a guy in a star trek uniform
Or if I was brought to trial for something and a jury member showed up like that; but on the other hand, maybe the thought of jail would bother me more then a guy in star trek custome ^^

But for the fire fighter, I really liked his boss' comment

 

[der_kluge]

This just cracks me up. I love crazy names.

I used to work at Wal-Mart (the home office), and they are as crazy about the intercom there as they are in the stores. There were a couple of names that would get paged all the time that would crack me up.

Bud Hogue was one. They would page him out "Bud Hogue, page 7144, Bud Hogue, 7144 please." If you say it out loud, you'll get it. Later, people would enunciate it more clearly. Apparently, Bud didn't like the way people were saying his name.

The best one was, by far, Candy Beavers. Swear to god.

One of my co-workers started a job once and his supervisor told him on his first day, "You'll be working with Jack Frost." Apparently, there was a guy there whose name was Jack Frost.

Some names around where I currently work:
Dick Cox
Dick Showers

There's a lady on the floor here whose name is Rutendo Ba, and I swear to god that sounds like some character that should be in a Star Wars movie.


I knew a guy in college named Joe Azhoe. It was a Korean name, but Joe was born in the states, so his parents gave him an American name. But people were always making fun of it. So, he went in to court to change his name, and he changed it to Tom Azhoe. When the stunned judge asked him why he wanted to change his first name, and not his last, he said, "Because I'm tired of people always saying, Whatta ya know, Joe?"

Ok, that last one was a joke.

 

[der_kluge]

Oh, we saw a guy at an amusement park, a Vietnamese, I believe, making cotton candy, and the name on his badge said "Hung".

I wanted so badly to go up to him and say, "Are you hung?"

ROFL!

 

[Tiefling]

Hey, even given names can be strange things. Take for example Richard Head, the most unfortunate kid I ever knew back in High School.

I (vaguely) new someone with that name. What made it weirder was that he was spear-bald and went by "Dick."

 

[Davelozzi]

Oh, we saw a guy at an amusement park, a Vietnamese, I believe, making cotton candy, and the name on his badge said "Hung".

It's actually a very common name in some places.

I knew a guy in college named "Goon".

 

[The Goblin King]

I once met a girl whos given name was April Fresh.